Kit-holding bracket



R. F. WEBBER.

KIT HOLDING BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1922.

1,43%525, -]PatentedSept. 26, 1922.

Patented Sept. 26, 1922..

units STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, ROLLIN I. WEBIBEB, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TOADJ'UBIA, INCORPORATED, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, A

CORPORATION OF DELAWARE.

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Application filed April 15, 1922. Serial No. 558,233.

To all wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Roman F. WEBBER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have inventedcertain new and useful Imrovements in Kit-Holding Brackets; and l dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification.

This invention relates to kit holding brackets and particularly to onesuitable for holdin a substantially cylindrical first aid kit. e objectof the present invention is to provide a simple and eflicient bracketthat can be stam ed from sheet metal and turned from stan ard gage wireand which will securely hold a first aid kit in position, and alsoprevent unauthorized removal of the kit from the bracket.

In the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a vertical section through a preferred form of my device,showing the kit in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a front elevation.

Figure 3 is a top plan view.

Figure 4 is a sectional view through clamping strip 40.

The back 10 preferably consists of a single piece of sheet metal havingside flanges 11 and 12 and being perforated as at 14 to. receive thescrews or other fastenings 16 to secure the device to a wall.

The back is struck up as at 17 and 18 to form transverse lugs whichembrace and secure the free ends 20 of the kit holding springs. Thesesprings, as best shown in Fig. 2, are each bent to lie parallel to theside flanges 11 and 12 and are held in such position by the longitudinallugs 22. After passing the edge 23 of the back the springs are curvedupward and outward as at 24 and are then brought down to form the part25 which engages the octagonal capof the kit and the central portion ofthe spring is bent to form an upturned lip as shown at 26. With the backor base firmly secured against a wall the lower end of the kit is placedwithin the portion 25 in the lower spring and the kit is brought intoengagement with the lip 26 of the spring which causes the portion 24 toflex, allowing the k1t to enter the portion 25 of the upper spring whereit is securely held, but from which position it may readily be removedat any time in absence of the locking means.

These locking means consist generally of two strips 30 and 31 eachhaving a rectangular central opening 32 to form an eye by means of whichthe strips may be secured to the struck-up lugs 34 in approximately thecenter of the base. These lugs 34 are each bent to form ap roximatelythree-quarters of a cylinder and the ends of the two lugs are positioneduite close together so that the strips 30 an 31 may not be withdrawnfrom the hooks or In s 34 without being turned at an angle 0 aproximately 45 to theback. One of these ugs, such as 30, is bent at itsfree end to form an ear 35 perforated as at 36, this ear passing througha transverse slot 37 on the longer strip 31 and then receiving a lock ofany preferred type. The length of these strlps is such that the stripsare taut when the ear 35 is in re istry with the slot 37. By virtue ofthe s ape of the lugs 34, as best shown in Figure 3, it is not possibleto remove the strips from the back without first removing the look fromthe opening 36. If desired a metal label such as 40 may be slipped overthe longer strip 31 and preferably bears the trade mark of the kit.

What I claim is:

1. A kit holding bracket consisting of a back of sheet metal, a pair ofsprings secured to the sheet metal back by lugs struckup in said backand a plurality of strips detachably secured to said back when saidstrips are separated but non-removable from salig back when said stripsare looked over a 't.

2. A back for a kit holding bracket consisting of a single piece ofsheet metal having struck-up hooks at approximately the center thereoffor securing locking strips and having a strucklug on either side ofsaid hooks for pivota y securing kit holding springs to said back, and aplurality of additional lugs for securing said springs in desiredposition on said back.

3. In a kit holding bracket, a flanged.

sheet metal book having a plurality of longiflanges by said longitudinallugs, o air of Y tudinal struck-up in s 1n proximity to hooks eachforming the major pert o a cireach end thereof, a p umlity of transversecle in side View, and a pair of strips enlo struck-up lugs, a pairof'one-piece kit holdgaging said hooks and adapted to be locked ing Wiresprings each having its ends housed together to prevent unauthorizedremoval in one of said transverse lugs and havin of said kit from said si'in 4 its sides held in engagement with sei RUL llN F. WEBBER.

